SHELBY Raptor now available

[Flyn]

Shelby will build you a 575 hp Raptor.

This ain't no Cobra, but it can haul in more ways than one.
Noted Ford tuner Shelby American has unveiled a high performance pickup truck at the New York Auto Show.
The Shelby Raptor F-150 is a 575-hp supercharged take on Ford’s high speed desert runner.
Along with the performance modifications, which include a Shelby-spec 2.9-liter Whipple blower strapped to the Raptor's 6.2-liter V8 and a Stinger exhaust system, the truck gets boost and fuel pressure gauges, a set of heat extractors in its front fenders, custom interior and a choice of graphics packages that run the gamut from classic to gaudy.
Only 100 trucks will be built each year at a price of $17,995 plus the cost of a donor truck, which goes for $44.625 new.
If trucks aren't your thing, don't worry, Shelby also introduced a 1,200 hp Ford Mustang at the show.


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[Zack]

Shelby = Gay stickers, grills cut with a sawzall and riveted on hood scoops.
No thanks.

 

[Flyn]

You forgot overpriced mods.

Still, with only 100 made per year, you get rarity. Someone pulls up at a car show with one of these, it will get noticed.

 

[Zack]

You forgot overpriced mods.

Still, with only 100 made per year, you get rarity. Someone pulls up at a car show with one of these, it will get noticed.

Yep, I will notice the owner is an idiot with his money.

 

[Yaj Yak]

meh...

people like warrantys and a warrantied, 575hp whipple'd most-offroad-capable pickup truck out there will get bought for sure.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Why.................

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Could be worse.....as in a roush raptor.

 

[Flyn]

Brochure: http://www.shelbyamerican.com/images/pdf/2013raptor.pdf

Build one: http://www.shelbyamerican.com/buildone/2013SR-exterior.asp

 

[The Pun]

Simpsons did it...

Durchin at Autowerks did that like 2 years ago....

 

[syP]

6.2 with a 2.9 whipple and only 575hp.


amateur

 

[Stink Star]

Yea that's pretty weak sauce for a blower on that big of a motor, but then again it wasn't built for boost I'm assuming

 

[Flyn]

I'd think it would be set up wayyyy towards low boost, rich fuel and safe, safe, safe tune.

 

[Euro]

$65k

 

[Yaj Yak]

$65k

honestly I would have thought it was going to be more- these trucks stock fetch a good penny and are not the easiest to find.

Raptors are fucking huge everywhere- especially the middle east and west coast.

I heard that something like 30% of all raptors are currently winding up in the middle east.

These guys have become HUGE because of them.

https://www.facebook.com/ADDOFFROAD

 

[BrianG]

Do the Shelbys still bend in half?

 

[Yaj Yak]

only if they are jumped at 80 mph repeatedly.

 

[Euro]

That's still not as bad as I would've thought, but meh. Might as well get a stock Raptor, make it just as/more capable and powerful for half of the Shelby mark up

 

[Yaj Yak]

That's still not as bad as I would've thought, but meh. Might as well get a stock Raptor, make it just as/more capable and powerful for half of the Shelby mark up

Like I said before. I agree but people love warrantys

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Warranties

 

[Yaj Yak]

Warranties

Muh bad

 

[Spivitz]

It's kewl but not for $65,000.

 

[BlizzardTC]

18k? cant you just buy a new raptor and dealer install a blower?

 

[SRT41320]

6.2 with a 2.9 whipple and only 575hp.

I would assume its so the truck can still run balls out in the desert

It's kewl but not for $65,000.

there is a lot worse out there for more than $65k